KIEV, Sept. 2 – The State Execution Service under a court ruling has collected UAH 800 million in deposit bids paid by Frunze-Flora and Nortima to take part in the privatization of Odessa Port-Side Plant in autumn 2009 from the Ukrainian State Property Fund.

KIEV, Sept. 1 – Ukraine is to step up its dialog with the United States on a program for the disposal of solid rocket fuel from RS 22 intercontinental ballistic missiles (SS 24 missiles, according to NATO classification) at the Pavlohrad Chemical Plant in Dnipropetrovsk region.

KIEV, Sept. 2 – Ukraine resumed commercial electricity supplies to Poland at 12:45 a.m. on Sept. 1, said Fuel and Energy Minister Fent Di.

"The capacity of supplies is 120 MW through the Dobrotvorska heat power plant-Zamost 220 kV overhead transmission line," he said.

KIEV, Sept. 2 - Most of Ukraine's steel majors again reduced finished roll production considerably in January-August, although the decline in the industry still seems to be slowing.

KIEV, Sept. 1 – The State Committee for State Material Reserves will toughen its tactics with indebted power generation companies and Naftogaz Ukrayiny, to the point of selling their debts.

KIEV, Sept. 1 - Cadogan Petroleum is planning in the second half of 2008 to invest up to GBP 99.4 million ($180.9 million according to the current exchange rate) compared to GBP 24.1 million in the first half of 2008 into the development of oil and gas fields in Ukraine, according to a report of the company posted on the London Stock Exchange.

MOSCOW, Sept. 1 - Ferrexpo UK Limited has secured a loan facility of up to $500 million available to the Ferrexpo group's core enterprise, which is Ukrainian iron ore miner Poltava Mining.

KIEV, Sept. 2 - Most of Ukraine's biggest steel mills reported reduced finished roll production in the first eight months of 2008.

KIEV, Sept. 2 – Ukrainian and Tatar shareholders in Ukrtatnafta are to manage the Kremenchuk oil refinery, the largest in Ukraine, on parity terms, irrespective of how a disputed 18.3% stake is finally distributed, according to MP Serhiy Pashynsky from the BYT bloc.

KIEV, Sept. 2 - Ukraine’s fourth-biggest oil refinery by capacity, Halychyna, suspended operation after failing to secure permission from regulators to continue production of gasoline with high sulfur content, an official at the refinery said Tuesday.